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Food: Trio: Fish with flair

Gamba, 225a West George Street, Glasgow; 0141 572 0899Alan Tomkins’ restrained basement eaterie is, for Glasgow, a rare beast: a restaurant that cares more about the food than the flower arrangements, the waitresses’ uniforms and the starriness of the names in the reservations book. Instead, Tomkins concentrates on serving flawless seafood (and meat and vegetables if you really must) to Glasgow’s discerning and deep-pocketed eater-outers, well-kent and otherwise. Seafood comes every which way: as sashimi for a starter, seared on a griddle, simply grilled, or as part of a more complex dish with Mediterranean notes ... there is not much to which co-owner and chef Derek Marshall will not turn his hand. Desserts are also exemplary.

Loch Fyne Oyster Bar and Seafood Restaurant, Clachan, on the A83, Cairndow 01499 600264 No run in the car to Loch Lomond and beyond would be complete without a pit stop at the Loch